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StepStone GroupD
Nasdaq / Financial Services
Last Price
At close
2026-07-21
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Current thesis
The primary earnings event showed strong recurring-fee momentum: fee revenues rose 21% y/y for FY26, FRE rose 14% y/y, AUM/AUA/FEAUM all increased, and the board returned cash through both a regular and supplemental dividend. That supports a constructive monitoring view if fee-earning AUM growth continues.
Posture
Defensive
Lead driver
Sentiment
What changed
Sentiment remains the lead driver in the composite, 7D delta -3.6.
What can break
GAAP earnings are still noisy and negative, with FY26 net loss of $743.3m and quarterly GAAP EPS of $(0.10).
Momentum
10
Value
40
Sentiment
74
Setup hits (3d)
0 · Net Neutral
AI TargetsBase $58.00 · Bull $70.00 · Bear $45.00
Data freshness
Prices
As of 2026-07-21
Fundamentals
As of 2026-07-20 • Vendor: Data Vendor v1
Scores
As of 2026-07-21 • Model: HYBRID_IC_RP
AI Memo
As of 2026-05-23 • Model: RankAlpha Sentiment Codex
Investment thesis
As of 2026-07-21
Supporting evidence
What
Grade D · Defensive
Confidence Medium · Net Neutral
Target $66.50
Why
Momentum10 · Δ7d -2.6
Value40 · Δ7d +0.0
Sentiment74 · Δ7d -3.6
So what
Weak posture (Net Neutral). Prioritize risk control and patience.
Lead driver: Sentiment · See AI snapshot
Momentum
10
26% active weight
Current posture
7d trendSoftening
Δ7d
-2.6
Δ21d
+3.0
Value
40
39% active weight
Current posture
7d trendFlat
Δ7d
+0.0
Δ21d
+0.0
Sentiment
74
34% active weight
Current posture
7d trendSoftening
Δ7d
-3.6
Δ21d
-11.8
Why this grade

Composite grade D. Momentum 10.4 / Value 40.0 / Sentiment 74.0

Fundamentals (TTM)
As of 2026-07-20
Market Cap
$5.04B
Beta
1.31
Shares Out
80.71M
P/E (TTM) · Derived
-9.2
P/S (TTM)
5.27
P/FCF (TTM) · Derived
16.94
Rev YoY
+57.4%
EPS YoY
-60.2%
Gross Margin
+79.4%
Op Margin
-73.7%
Net Debt
$186.36M
Current Ratio
0.30
As of 2026-07-21 • Updated nightlySource: Internal modelMethodology